On Monday's Late Night, Seth Meyers took at look at Donald Trump's recent broadsides against U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who's overseeing fraud lawsuits against Trump University. "Some have called Trump's attacks racist, while others have called them really racist, and now GOP leaders are squirming as they try to condemn Trump while also continuing to support him," Meyers said. Trump started attacking the judge when Curiel ordered the release of internal Trump U documents that appear to show the "university" to be a shady, high-pressure get-rich-quick scheme.
"They targeted single mothers who needed money for food," Meyer said. "Even Bernie Madoff was like, 'Woah, dawg, that's not cool.'" The documents and allegations from former students and instructors are unseemly, but "rather than respond to the substance of those allegations, Trump has decided to go after the judge presiding over the class action lawsuits personally, in a way that can only be described as incredibly racist," Meyer added, and he did so just as GOP leaders reluctantly united behind him. "Now, as punishment, they've had to do their best to dodge when confronted with Trump's latest racist outburst." Meyers focused on House Speaker Paul Ryan, mixing pity with disbelief. "Republicans can't pretend to be shocked and offended," he concluded. "This is who Trump was well before this latest outburst, and this is who they're lining up to support." Watch his entire argument below. Peter Weber
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